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Pixelated text repeats across a bright pink background with purple lettering, showing phrases like "i is my" and "Polo M" in distorted blocky characters.

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Pixelated text repeats across a bright pink background with purple lettering, showing phrases like "i is my" and "Polo M" in distorted blocky characters.

Pixelated text repeats across a bright pink background with purple lettering, showing phrases like "i is my" and "Polo M" in distorted blocky characters. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bu…

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  • i is my
  • Polo M
  • Duck
  • YH OSET

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071210162616606032336
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.8 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1a/1a20e5a87733b84764dead05f5463a6dbd58302ca178933329517499561da255.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1a20e5a87733b847
SHA-256
1a20e5a87733b84764dead05f5463a6dbd58302ca178933329517499561da255
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20071210162616606032336
Archive entry
20071210162616606032336.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071210162616606032336.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071210162616606032336.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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